It may be an erotic dance performed by a sex worker or it may be done as a leisure activity. In some jurisdictions, table dance may be an alternative to a lap dance, due to laws preventing exotic dancers from making contact with customers. TAHTIB is a term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art in Egypt, which later evolved into an Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick. Tahtib is related to exhibiting such qualities as honor, courage and power. They have several styles: Pamir, Mountain, Bukhara, Southern, Hissar Valley, and Northern Tajikistan, and each of them is distinguished by costumes, movements, manners characteristic for the population of these regions.
They are divided into: pantomime dance the most ancient , based on imitation of animals and birds; ceremonial dance; dance beside death bed, still preserved in Pamir. The movements are sharp, dynamic, swift in order to symbolize power and force. TAKAMBA music and dance originated from the Songhai Empire in the 15th century, and used to be performed by Tamasheq griots and blacksmiths of the Gao region in Mali to celebrate the end of harvest, welcome and encourage warriors back from the battle and praise noble families.
Nowadays, the genre is listened mostly by the Songhai people and urban Tuaregs, frequently performed at ceremonies, such as marriages, but is also present at festivals. It is usually performed by a band consisting of two tehardents, bass and solo, calabashes, a singer and dancers. The songs evoke such values and themes as love, honor and generosity. The teenagers, mainly girls but often with one boy leading, were colorfully dressed and danced in a distinctive style on the sidewalk to music from stereos.
To an extent, they were precursors to the gyaru groups that would eventually arise in the s. The region is also called Koutammakou and the people Batammariba. Due to its suggestive nature, it was long banned and persecuted for many years by the Catholic Church and government. Gourds are fruits much like pumpkins, but are not edible.
They are used for storage of grains, fetching in water, carrying in milk or beer and other things. When European colonizers arrived in Tahiti in the midth century, they prohibited this dance because of its erotic, almost satanic aspect.
